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Official Navy infrared video FLIR1, recorded in 2004 and released by the U.S. Department of Defense on April 27, 2020, showing an unidentified aerial object tracked by an F/A-18 targeting pod.
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Official Navy infrared video FLIR1, recorded in 2004 and released by the U.S. Department of Defense on April 27, 2020, showing an unidentified aerial object tracked by an F/A-18 targeting pod.
FLIR1 is one of three Navy infrared cockpit videos formally released by the Department of Defense on April 27, 2020, alongside GIMBAL and GOFAST. The footage originates from a 2004 encounter off the coast of Southern California involving F/A-18 Super Hornets from the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. DoD stated the release was authorized because publication would not reveal sensitive capabilities, and that the aerial phenomena depicted remain characterized as unidentified.